Climate twins of McLaughlin, SD
These are the US cities whose 12-month climate pattern most closely matches McLaughlin's. Each "twin" must be at least 140 miles away to avoid trivial near-neighbor matches. Similarity is computed across all 24 monthly metrics (12 average temperatures + 12 average precipitations), normalized so temperature and precipitation contribute equally.
Side-by-side: McLaughlin vs its climate twin
Top match: Wetonka, SD
| Month | McLaughlin | Wetonka | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Low | Precip | High | Low | Precip | |
| January | 24.1°F | 3.6°F | 0.50 in | 21.6°F | 0.8°F | 0.60 in |
| February | 28.4°F | 6.7°F | 0.49 in | 26.1°F | 5.3°F | 0.68 in |
| March | 41.7°F | 18.6°F | 0.94 in | 38.5°F | 16.7°F | 1.00 in |
| April | 56.2°F | 29.7°F | 1.69 in | 54.9°F | 29.5°F | 1.92 in |
| May | 68.1°F | 41.9°F | 3.17 in | 67.5°F | 43.1°F | 3.15 in |
| June | 78.4°F | 52.7°F | 3.34 in | 77.3°F | 54.1°F | 3.65 in |
| July | 85.4°F | 58.0°F | 3.03 in | 82.5°F | 59.0°F | 3.09 in |
| August | 83.9°F | 55.2°F | 2.47 in | 80.8°F | 55.5°F | 2.98 in |
| September | 73.6°F | 45.3°F | 1.45 in | 72.9°F | 45.8°F | 1.82 in |
| October | 57.4°F | 31.8°F | 1.77 in | 56.7°F | 32.2°F | 1.75 in |
| November | 41.1°F | 18.8°F | 0.65 in | 39.5°F | 19.2°F | 0.71 in |
| December | 28.5°F | 8.6°F | 0.58 in | 26.0°F | 7.6°F | 0.45 in |
Cities that consider McLaughlin their climate twin
These US cities have McLaughlin in their top 3 most-similar list — meaning if you were to move from any of these places, McLaughlin would feel familiar.
- Wetonka, SD (ranks McLaughlin #1)
- Hitchcock, SD (ranks McLaughlin #1)
- Redfield, SD (ranks McLaughlin #1)
- Tulare, SD (ranks McLaughlin #1)
- Wessington, SD (ranks McLaughlin #2)
How this is computed
Each city is represented by a 24-dimensional vector: 12 monthly average temperatures and 12 monthly average precipitations. Each dimension is z-score normalized across the population of US cities, so that temperature variance and precipitation variance contribute proportionally. Distance between cities is Euclidean. We filter out cities within 2° latitude/longitude (~140 miles) so that "twins" mean climatically similar but geographically distinct — not just the neighboring town. Full methodology →